OK, this aspect is quite similar to the Hunger Games but at least in Shailene Woodley, the Divergent filmmakers have got an actress capable of carrying the film.

Having cut her teeth alongside George Clooney in The Descendants and making teens weep in The Fault In Our Stars, she displays heroism and sass as Tris Prior, a teen who won’t go quietly when it emerges she could undermine the government.

2. Post-apocalyptic themes

Another shared quality with the adventures of Katniss and co, but Veronica Roth’s Divergent series novels are nowhere near as bleak as Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games books.

Divergent is set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago where the remaining humans live and work in five different factions: Abnegation, for the selfless; Amity, for the peaceful; Candor, for the honest; Dauntless, for the brave; and Erudite, for the intelligent.

No, there is not a Flatulent category.

3. A starry cast

Woodley and male lead Theo James are the film’s heart as Tris and Dauntless instructor Four, but you’d care a lot less if they were surrounded by some capable actors (playing admittedly two-dimensional characters).

You’d have to be nuts to make a young adult-oriented film and not include a convincing romantic sub-plot and fortunately Woodley and James have great chemistry.

It’s certainly not hurt by the storyline’s demands that their faction – Dauntless – like to be all muscly and tattooed and sexy. Probably quite annoying if you met them.

6. Good examples

Granted, Four’s lament is more Beyonce than Chimamanda when it comes to empowerment rhetoric, but for the target audience, it’s a WAY better lesson than Twilight’s ‘having a boyfriend is the most important thing’ message.

7. A franchise

Well, duh. If you’re a movie studio exec looking for a cash cow, it’s got to be a cow with at least three legs, if you see what we mean.

Should you enjoy Tris’ defiant clash with totalitarianism, part two Insurgent is released in March next year, with the final book Allegiant ever-so-predictably split into two films, with 2016 and 2017 openings already planned.

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